Cirque du Soleil News

Cirque du Soleil - PARAMOUR, the organization's first created specifically for Broadway. PARAMOUR is now in previews for a Wednesday, May 25 opening night at the Lyric Theatre. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you a new look at the high-flying production!

In a continued effort to nurture artistic expression and development within its employees, the Global Citizenship Service at Cirque du Soleil will host its 11th annual art exhibition, The Collective, featuring artwork by the company's performers, technicians and support staff in Las Vegas.

Wet the Hippo Collective, (John Gilkey, Artistic Director) the hit underground comedy ensemble, presents The Simple Simples, written and performed by Max Baumgarten, Tim Reid, Gemma Soldati, Tyler Watson, and Eli Weinberg and directed by John Gilkey. Opens Friday, June 10 and runs until June 25 as a part of the Hollywood Fringe Festival. The show runs Fridays and Saturdays at 9pm. A preview will be held on  June 4th at 9pm. All performances will be held at Cirque School LA on Hollywood Blvd. Tickets are available online at www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/3803

Broadway Rush, Lottery & Standing Room Only Ticketing Policies - updated on 5/13/2016.

Boxcar Theatre's 2014 immersive hit, The Speakeasy, is on track to relaunch this summer in its new home in San Francisco's North Beach-Chinatown neighborhood. A ribbon-cutting ceremony is scheduled for Monday, August 8, with previews starting Friday, August 12, and a press opening scheduled for mid-October. Exclusive presale tickets will go online Thursday, June 9 at 10 a.m., and will be available only to members of Club 1923 and affiliated groups. Tickets for the general public will go on sale June 13. For information, online sales and to register as a Club 1923 member, visit thespeakeasysf.com.

In a continued effort to nurture artistic expression and development within its employees, the Global Citizenship Service at Cirque du Soleil will host its 11th annual art exhibition, The Collective, featuring artwork by the company's performers, technicians and support staff in Las Vegas.

On Saturday, May 7, The Smith Center for the Performing Arts honored educators from the Las Vegas valley as it hosted The Heart of Education Awards.  The special event powered by The Rogers Foundation recognized hundreds of Clark County School District (CCSD) teachers who have gone above and beyond for their students and have greatly contributed to their education, livelihood and betterment.

The School of Night is pleased as punch to announce its participation in the 2016 Hollywood Fringe Festival with Punch and Judy.

Roald Dahl's beloved classic takes the stage in a new musical!  One boy, two awful aunts, five larger-than-life insects, and a giant peach!  What happens when magic crystals cause a withered old tree to create the largest and most magnificent peach ever seen?  Luckily, a boy named James and a handful of bugs just happen to be nearby when the peach finally snaps free of its stem, and it sweeps them along on a marvelous adventure.

In its inaugural year, The Heart of Education Awards will take place in Reynolds Hall at The Smith Center tonight, May 7, 2016, powered by The Rogers Foundation.

Broadway Rush, Lottery & Standing Room Only Ticketing Policies - updated on 5/6/2016.

This June, Melbourne audiences will experience the phenomenal skills and imagination of Australia's next generation of circus stars when the National Institute of Circus Arts (NICA) presents Things NOT of this EARTH, an exuberant production of elite-level circus. Set against the backdrop of a sci-fi inspired "B movie", the 2016 graduates playfully probe questions of identity and belonging, as they bend genre and blur multiple artforms, incorporating music, drag, glitch and beyond.

Curious to learn just how the stars of Cirque du Soleil pull off those amazing physical feats on stage? This Today, May 5th, audiences can log on to YouTube and ask the performers questions in real time when Coffee With Goldstar returns with two stars from the popular Cirque show, KURIOS: Cabinet of Kuriosites.

Fathom Events and Cirque du Soleil are partnering to bring the 2016 'One Night for ONE DROP' event to select U.S. cinemas, featuring a collaboration of performers from each of the eight Cirque du Soleil Vegas shows.

The Not-For-Profit organization U.S. Aerial, Inc. works to raise the profile of aerial arts in America. They will hold the second annual U.S. Aerial Championships on May 13 through 15, 2016 in New York City at Baruch Performing Arts Center, 55 Lexington Ave. The on-going annual event presents professional aerial artists on a professional stage and offers them a platform to use as a springboard for their careers.

Get ready for the Adelaide premiere of bubble mania as the Festival Theatre is transformed into a magical bubble land from 14 - 17 July.

Curious to learn just how the stars of Cirque du Soleil pull off those amazing physical feats on stage? This Thursday, May 5th, audiences can log on to YouTube and ask the performers questions in real time when Coffee With Goldstar returns with two stars from the popular Cirque show, KURIOS: Cabinet of Kuriosites.

Welcome to this week's edition of our new WEEKLY GROSSES ANALYSIS! Read on for all the weekly grosses statistics for the movers and shakers from the latest grosses, for the week ending 5/1/2016.

Singer-songwriter, neo-ragtime vocalist Dessy Di Lauro and musical director/producer Ric'key Pageot (touring keyboardist to Madonna and writer for Jill Scott and Earth Wind & Fire) announce their official partnership as recording duo Parlor Social with a Residency at L.A.'s Hotel Cafe this summer.

See 'The Beatles LOVE' by Cirque du Soleil at The Mirage in Las Vegas for an entrancing show that includes incredible dance numbers.